Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Eileen Jackson Southern
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Eileen Jackson Southern (1920-2002)
George Mule Suttles
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George “Mule” Suttles (1901-1966)
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Burns United Methodist Church (1866- )
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George Goldsby (1843-1922)

Explore Global African History

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Viola Davis Desmond (1914-1965)
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(1964) Nnamdi Azikiwe, “Tribalism: A Pragmatic Instrument for National Unity”
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(1924) Prince Marc Kojo Tovalou Houènou, “The Problem of Negroes in French Colonial Africa”
Statue of the Three Queens in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
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The Fireburn Labor Riot, United States Virgin Islands (1878)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Deep Roots Across the Atlantic: Rice and Race in Africa and the Americas
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TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas
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Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner: An Ultramarathoning Legend and Unsung Hero in the Struggle for Racial Equality in America.
Africa in 1595 as known to Italian explorers and cartographers
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Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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